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“Only, beware relapse!”

The Abbot hung his head.

This beggar might be perhaps

An angel, Luther said.

“The Twins” versifies a story told by Martin Luther in his “Table Talk,” in which the saying, “Give and it shall be given unto you,” is quaintly personified by the Latin words equivalent in meaning: Date, “Give,” and Dabitur, “It-shall-be-given-unto-you.” I. Martin Luther: (1483–1546), the leader of the Reformation.